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Show 46 VINCENT Oaf:. The waves dash brightly on thy shore, Fair island of the southern seas I As b1·ight in joy as when of yore ~'bey gladly hailed the Gcnocse,That daring soul who gave to Spain A world-bst tropl1y of her reign I Basklng in beauty, thou dost seem A vision j n a poet's cl ream ! Thou look'st as though thou clnim'st not birth With sc<t and sky ancl other earth, That smile around thee but to show Thy beauty in a brighter glow,- That are unto thee as the foil Artistic hands have featly set Around Golconda's radi<tnt spoil, To grace some lofty coronct,- .A. foil wliich serves to make the gem The glory of that diadem ! * * * * * * * * If Eden chimed a favored haunt, Most hallowed of that blessed ground, Where tempting fiend with guileful taunt A resting_ place would ne'er h<tve found,- VINCEN'r Oai~. As shadowing it welt might seck rrhc ]ovc1icst home iu that fair isle, Which in its radiance seemed to speak As to the charmed doth n cauty's smile, rrhat whispers or a thousand things For which words find no pictllrings. Lilw to the gifted G reck who stt:ovc rro paint a crowning work of mt, And for:.u his ideal Queen of Love, By choosing from each grace n. part, Blending them in one beauteous whole, To charm the eye, transfix the sottl, And hold it in enmptured fires, Such as a dream of heaven inspircs,So seem the glad waves to have sought From every place its richest treasure, And bomc it to that lovely spot, •ro found thereon a home of pleasure ;- A home where balmy airs might float 47 rrhrough spicy bower and orange grove j \Vhcrc bright-winged bircls might tum the note Which tells of pure and constant love; Where earthquake stay its demon force, And hurricane its wrathful course |